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But with Albon, who was signed to a three-year FE contract in July, now closing on a Toro Rosso F1 seat for 2019, Nissan will likely need a new driver to slot in alongside season two FE champion Buemi.

When asked if Nissan was looking for a replacement for Albon as it negotiates his situation with Red Bull, Driot replied: “We are, we had so many drivers who rang during these two days, I couldn’t believe it.

“Drivers who rang, who sent emails – if I give you the names you are going to be very astonished – incredible,” he told Motorsport.com.

“I think at least 15-20 .”

Nissan replaced Albon for the final day of last week’s Valencia pre-season test with former DAMS Formula 2 racer Oliver Rowland.

Driot confirmed that Rowland – the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 champion – is in contention for the race seat.

“Oliver is in consideration because we were thinking about him for the third driver anyway, and we know him well because he did Formula 2 with us the same year as Leclerc was racing in Formula 2 ,” he said.

“And he did well – he won three races and did poles – and we know him because he was in Renault 3.5.”

Rowland completed 85 laps for Nissan during the third day of the test – including a 21-lap run that was the team’s longest stint of the week.

“It was good – I just focused on race stuff,” Rowland explained to Motorsport.com.

“It was fine – I got my head around that a little bit and just worked through the programme for the guys and Nissan really.

“It was nice to get out in the wet – seemed pretty competitive. I didn’t really do any performance running in the afternoon, but it was good.

“It’s really hard for me say , I haven’t been involved in any of the tests.

“But it seemed good and the pace seemed quite good – I don’t even know who is the best to compare to or anything like that.

“But it was important for me to just try and understand as best I can with the car and also just give them the data and stuff they need.”

Regarding the possibility of racing for Nissan in FE in season five, Rowland, said: “Obviously I came here and covered – super-subbed – for them again, a bit like I did with Nicholas Latifi at the start of the year .

“But let’s see – obviously I’d like to race in Formula E, so we’ll see what they come up with.”